2 Samuel 15:5
ContextNET © | When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom 1 would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him. |
NIV © | Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. |
NASB © | And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. |
NLT © | And when people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and embraced them. |
MSG © | Whenever someone would treat him with special honor, he'd shrug it off and treat him like an equal, making him feel important. |
BBE © | And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss. |
NRSV © | Whenever people came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of them, and kiss them. |
NKJV © | And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him. |
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NET © | When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom 1 would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |